Rail joint



E. L. ELLIS RAIL JOINT Filed Dec. 1. 1922 ERNESTLEROY ELLIS, F FULTON, NEVJ YORK.

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Application filed Ilccember 1, 1922. Serial No. 606L334.

1 0 all 'LU/lOV/b it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Banner Lnnor ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, New York, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, nave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to an improved type of rail joint for railroad rails and particularly to means for securing the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections without the employment of numerous bolts, nuts or other similar fastenings.

An additional object is to provide a rail joint of the character above specified which 4' is of simple, strong and durable structure and which it is believed may be manufac tured at a reasonably low cost.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

in the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the proposed rail joint.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof partly in section to disclose the interlocking feature.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section of the joint as taken on line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 1 is a view, perspective, oi the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections with the invention applied thereto.

In the drawings and 11 respectively indi r-ate the meeting ends of adjacent rail sections which, in the present instance are adapted to interlock one with the other for obtaining a firm and secure joint. As seen in the drawings the web 12 of section 10 overhangs the base flange 13 to provide a locking tongue receivable in the web cut-out 14 of rail section 11. Integral. with the web of section 11 and projecting forwardly there beyond on opposite sides of the cutout are retaining ribs or cleats 15, between which tongue 12 is inserted. The tread portion of section 10 is cutaway adjacent its forward end to provide a flat bearing surface 16 for the projecting tread portion 17 ot the opposite rail which has a complementary cutout 18 on the underside of the projecting said portion 17 which receives the extended ends 19 of rail 10. Extension 19 is bifurcated as shown to receive the projecting shoulders 21 of the opposite rail web.

The two rail sections are relatively interlocked by a sliding longitudinally movement toward each other so that they may be relatively engaged as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The shoulder 22 of rail 10 may be suitably provided with a. longitudinally extendingsocket 23 for receiving one end of a locking pin 2a when the two rails are engaged. This pin is suitably anchored, as at 25, at the end of tread 17 of rail 11 and provides additional securing means for holding the rail firm and secure at the joint.

It will be noted that the joint of the base "flange, web and tread portions respectively of the two rail sections are relatively ofiset and, hence, better able to withstand lateral strain, the overlapping portion of the rail material serving to reonforce the joint against breaking.

From the foregoing it is thought that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily understood and that further detailed description will be unnecessary.

What is claimed is:

1. A rail joint comprising a pair of rail sections having interfitting ends, one of said rails having its base terminating short of the adjacent end of its web and its web terminating short of the adjacent end of the tread portion, the upper half of the tread portion of said rail being cut away hori zontally adjacent its end to provide a shoulder spaced from the end, the projecting end of the lower half of said tread being bifurcated to a point flush with the end of said web, and the adjacent end of the other rail having its web terminating short of the base and the base terminating short of its tread, the tread of said last named rail having its lower half cut away horizontally at its end, that portion of said last named rail. below said cut away portion being extended upwardly into the same and side plates on the web of said last named rail projecting beyond the end thereof whereby when the ends of said rails are fitted together the bases will abut, the web of said first named rail will fit between said side plates, the upper half of the tread of the one rail will fit on the lower halt of the tread of the other rail and the bifurcated end of the lower halt of one tread will receive that portion of the web of the other rail which projects into the cut out formed by cutting away the lower half of the tread.

2. A ail joint comprising rail sections having ends in interfitting relation, the end of one rail having the lower hali of its tread cutaway to provide an underlying recess, a portion of the Web of said rail being extended upwardly into the said recess, the other of said rails having the upper part of its tread portion cut away adjacent its end to provide a portion to enter the recess of the other rail thereby forming a continuous tread, and the end of said last named tread being bifurcated to" receive projecting portion of the Web of the other rail, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST LEROY ELLIS; 

